{"id":83229,"date":"2019-07-16T13:28:08","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T18:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=83229"},"modified":"2019-07-16T13:28:08","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T18:28:08","slug":"wwe-smackdown-primer-7-16-continued-extreme-rules-fallout-this-meeting-has-been-called-to-order-bryans-announcement-womens-tag-team-championship-match-rose-deville-vs-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/07\/16\/wwe-smackdown-primer-7-16-continued-extreme-rules-fallout-this-meeting-has-been-called-to-order-bryans-announcement-womens-tag-team-championship-match-rose-deville-vs-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE SMACKDOWN PRIMER 7\/16: Continued Extreme Rules Fallout, This Meeting Has Been Called to Order, Bryan\u2019s Announcement, Women\u2019s Tag Team Championship Match, Rose &#038; Deville vs. Moon &#038; (blank)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1627456552\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><h3>WWE SMACKDOWN PRIMER<br \/>\nJULY 16, 2019<br \/>\nWORCESTER, MA. AT THE DCU ARENA<br \/>\nAIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EDT<br \/>\nBY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<p><em>Announcers: Tom Phillips, Corey Graves, Byron Saxton<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Smackdown Viewership Last Week:<\/strong> 1.40 (.01 Increase from previous week)<\/p>\n<h3>Arena, Items Advertised by WWE, and Show Start Time<\/h3>\n<p>WWE travels northeast tonight for Smackdown as they head to the DCU Arena in Worcester, MA. I challenge everyone to pronounce the name of that city correctly. Nonetheless we continue to put Extreme Rules behind us and turn our attention now towards one of the \u201cbig four\u201d in SummerSlam as that comes to us in just under four weeks. The DCU Arena opened in 1982 and has been an on again\/off again host to WWE. Many events have emanated from here including house shows, Raws, Smackdowns, and even an episode of the original ECW back in 1998. Smackdown last appeared here on May 22, 2018, which was ironically a week before I started doing the primers here at PWTorch.com. As always, I hope I have served you the reader well in getting ready for the shows on a weekly basis.<\/p>\n<p>The arena website shows a start time of 7:45 p.m. local for the house. They advertise Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler for the WWE Championship, as well as Roman Reigns vs. Drew McIntyre.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what WWE.com is advertising for the show thus far:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matches &amp; Segments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shane McMahon to host a town hall meeting<\/li>\n<li>The Kabuki Warriors to challenge WWE Women\u2019s Tag Team Champions The IIconics<\/li>\n<li>Ember Moon and a mystery partner to face Rose &amp; Deville<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Storyline Follow-Up:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Daniel Bryan to make a career-altering announcement<\/li>\n<li>Shane McMahon to Hold Town Hall Meeting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kevin Owens has certainly raised our eyebrows in the past couple of weeks. Last week he was to have a match with Dolph Ziggler, but it was cancelled as a result of him attacking Dolph during a pre-taped interview in the arena parking lot. He then came out and discussed how the McMahon family promised us change back in December, but instead gave us more Shane McMahon on TV. (Amen!). He then discussed several others not getting TV time including Ali, Buddy Murphy, Kairi Sane, AOP, Asuka, Apollo Crews, etc.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2518419409\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Later in the evening during the main event between Dolph and Roman Reigns, Owens would give Shane a Stunner as he was interfering in the match. This past Sunday at Extreme Rules, Owens would defeat Dolph in what was essentially a squash match giving him the Stunner. After the match he cut a promo essentially telling Shane to kiss his ass.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to Extreme Rules, Owens put up these tweets that WWE actually acknowledged during the show and also had words for Shane and Dolph:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/fightowensfight\/status\/1150140854360838144?s=21<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/fightowensfight\/status\/1150197052950876162?s=21<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FightOwensFight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FightOwensFight<\/a> has a message for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shanemcmahon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@shanemcmahon<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HEELZiggler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HEELZiggler<\/a> heading into <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ExtremeRules?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ExtremeRules<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NyKt9cbjox\">pic.twitter.com\/NyKt9cbjox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1150231156270518272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As was told to us on Raw last night, Shane will hold a town hall meeting and let the Smackdown roster speak their mind.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: These things sound good on paper, but to me if you let people speak their mind and nothing comes of it then what\u2019s the point? It just further reminds us that such people don\u2019t matter . Ultimately this is going to lead to Owens vs. Shane likely at SummerSlam. They feuded back in 2017 which ultimately lead to Sami Zayn\u2019s heel turn and Daniel Bryan\u2019s return at WrestleMania. This time the roles are reversed.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>WWE Women\u2019s Tag Team Championship: The IIconics (Peyton Royce &amp; Billie Kay) to defend against The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka &amp; Kairi Sane)<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s been a while since we have seen in-ring action from Asuka &amp; Kairi Sane, but that will change tonight (if things don\u2019t change beforehand). At a house in their home country of Japan, they defeated the IIconics in a non-title match which earned them a championship match. After that contest, the IIconics had this to say in a WWE.com exclusive and then check out the confrontation last week between the teams as well as the IIconics reaction to learning about tonight\u2019s match:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IIconics respond to the Kabuki Warriors\u2019 win: Raw Exclusive, July 1, 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N5rxKwqkWQw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Kabuki Warriors &amp; Paige confront The IIconics: SmackDown LIVE, July 9, 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hb7Sx5rBupA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">While they weren\u2019t thrilled last night learning they will face <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWEAsuka?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WWEAsuka<\/a> &amp; @KairiSaneWWE, @PeytonRoyceWWE &amp; @BillieKayWWE are confident they will retain the Women\u2019s Tag Team Championships tonight on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SDLive<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zBBynYUGAZ\">pic.twitter.com\/zBBynYUGAZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1151149761506004992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Assuming Billie is over her mad cow bird flu disease, her and Peyton put the women\u2019s tag team titles on the line tonight against the women they lost to in Japan.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2499622950\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: The titles have not been defended in I don\u2019t know how long, and I don\u2019t care to look it up. Does anybody care? I apologize if you do, but I just can\u2019t take this championship seriously given how WWE has handled it since they put the titles on the IIconics at WrestleMania. Perhaps things will change if Asuka &amp; Kairi Sane win it but given how WWE has booked them I don\u2019t have much confidence.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Mandy Rose &amp; Sonya Deville vs. Ember Moon &amp; A Mystery Partner<\/h3>\n<p>Ember Moon and Mandy Rose &amp; Sonya Deville have been \u2018round and \u2018round over the past several weeks. Nintendo Switches, magazines, and donuts have all been casualties of this high school like feud where Ember has been bullied.<\/p>\n<p>Two weeks ago, Ember defeated Mandy in a one-on-one match. Last week, while Ember &amp; Mandy &amp; Sonya were getting catering and the cameraman was fortunate to be there, they had this confrontation:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">While they weren\u2019t thrilled last night learning they will face <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWEAsuka?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WWEAsuka<\/a> &amp; @KairiSaneWWE, @PeytonRoyceWWE &amp; @BillieKayWWE are confident they will retain the Women\u2019s Tag Team Championships tonight on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SDLive<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zBBynYUGAZ\">pic.twitter.com\/zBBynYUGAZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1151149761506004992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ember tweeted this in advance of tonight:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@wwe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dear A,<\/p>\n<p>What will we do?<\/p>\n<p>Time is running out<\/p>\n<p>Decisions<\/p>\n<p>-EM<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SDLive<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Shenom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Shenom<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WarGoddess?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WarGoddess<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NightAngel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NightAngel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oc33Jh8JZm\">pic.twitter.com\/oc33Jh8JZm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Athena is ROH and All Elite! (@AthenaPalmer_FG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AthenaPalmer_FG\/status\/1151141112536588288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Tonight, we learn who Ember\u2019s mystery partner will be as they take on the duo once (still?) known as Fire &amp; Desire in Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: Ember Moon &amp; Alexa Bliss are apparently close friends if you look at Twitter, so the \u201cA\u201d could be Alexa. Would Alexa be her partner tonight? It\u2019s possible. The wild card rule is in effect, so no worries about a Raw wrestler appearing on Smackdown. Alexa got booed out of the building last night and Nikki Cross told everyone to shut up, which garnered a tweet from Alexa saying everyone is disrespectful. Perhaps she wants to silence everyone by teaming with her close friend? We\u2019ll see, but I don\u2019t think anyone is holding their breath in anticipation.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Daniel Bryan\u2019s Career-Altering Announcement<\/h3>\n<p>This past Sunday at Extreme Rules, New Day (Big E &amp; Xavier Woods) defeated Daniel Bryan &amp; Rowan (Smackdown Tag Team Champions at the time) and Heavy Machinery (Otis &amp; Tucker) in a triple threat tag team championship match to begin their sixth overall reign as WWE Tag Team Champions. Last week on Smackdown, Otis won a triple threat match over Woods and Bryan.<\/p>\n<p>After the match this past Sunday, Bryan was interviewed by Sarah Schreiber in a WWE.com exclusive:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bryan\u2019s in shock after losing SmackDown Tag Titles: WWE Exclusive, July 14, 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qZllANgU17E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tonight, Bryan makes a career altering announcement. WWE.com is saying it will \u201cchange the course of his career and shake SmackDown LIVE to its core.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: Luke Harper has reportedly been travelling again with WWE and thus I wonder if Bryan brings Harper back to pair him with Rowan while Bryan goes back into the singles scene. This could be part of a mission where Bryan tries to \u201csave the singles division\u201d and leaves the tag division to Harper and Rowan. They can function as a stable (after all they briefly did when Bryan joined the Wyatt family many years ago) It\u2019s just a thought and not backed with substantial evidence. It would be nice to see Harper back on WWE TV though. His last appearance was in a dark match against EC3 before Smackdown in Brooklyn after WrestleMania. My wife and I were in attendance that evening.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Not Advertised for Follow-Up:<\/h3>\n<p>New Day does hold \u201call the gold\u201d (well almost all of it) with Big E &amp; Xavier Woods holding the Smackdown tag titles and Kofi Kingston still holding the WWE Championship. We\u2019ll see if there\u2019s a celebration of some sort.<br \/>\nShinsuke Nakamura defeated Finn Balor in a non-title match last week and then on Sunday to gain his first Intercontinental Championship. Here\u2019s Nakamura in a WWE.com exclusive following the title win:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EXCLUSIVE: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShinsukeN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShinsukeN<\/a> says the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWEUniverse?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWEUniverse<\/a> will no longer forget him after he won the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IntercontinentalChampionship?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IntercontinentalChampionship<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ExtremeRules?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ExtremeRules<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xBdysFcuWN\">pic.twitter.com\/xBdysFcuWN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1150570295058550789?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nikki Cross defeated Carmella in the run-up to her and Alexa Bliss teaming to face Bayley for Smackdown Women\u2019s Championship at Extreme Rules.<\/p>\n<p>In regard to Alexa getting booed last night, here are some tweets from her timeline. I don\u2019t read too much into stuff like this, but I couldn\u2019t help include them:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just Disrespectful.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lexi (Kaufman) Cabrera (@AlexaBliss_WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexaBliss_WWE\/status\/1150955354219528203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/MysticPabbz\/status\/1150955506766364672?s=20<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yes we encourage reactions, cheering &amp; booing &amp; chants . We don\u2019t encourage people to be rude <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LP85C4F3wm\">https:\/\/t.co\/LP85C4F3wm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lexi (Kaufman) Cabrera (@AlexaBliss_WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexaBliss_WWE\/status\/1150996847521075200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Finn Balor lost to Samoa Joe last night and was then attacked by a returning Bray Wyatt, who was wearing his scary clown mask. It is rumored that Bray and Finn will go at it at SummerSlam. If that\u2019s true we can certainly expect the Demon as we got at SummerSlam 2017. Here\u2019s Bray on Twitter. Like everything else, read into it what you may:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ll forgive you, when it\u2019s done brother. <\/p>\n<p>The sickness is gone. <\/p>\n<p>We owe them. <\/p>\n<p>And Yowie Wowie is it gonna be a spectacle!!!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WYATT 6 (@Windham6) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Windham6\/status\/1150962760265666560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Overall Thoughts on Tonight\u2019s Show<\/h3>\n<p>We know who will challenge for the Universal Championship and the Raw Women\u2019s Championship at SummerSlam. I would imagine we\u2019ll find out who will challenge for the WWE Championship as well as some of the other titles or at least lay the groundwork for how that will be determined. The shows coming out of PPVs are usually a bit hotter although I didn\u2019t get that feeling last night. Perhaps with the town hall meeting and Bryan\u2019s announcement, there may be a little more juice to tonight\u2019s show. We\u2019re on path for SummerSlam now, and thus expect heavy promotion of that event which is still considered one of the \u201cbig four.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Follow Frank on Twitter @FrankPeteani. Questions and discussion are welcome. Thank you for reading!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/07\/15\/heydorns-wwe-raw-report-7-15-alt-perspective-coverage-of-the-live-show-including-fallout-from-extreme-rules-lesnars-first-night-as-the-new-universal-champion-and-more\/\">HEYDORN\u2019S WWE RAW REPORT 7\/15: Alt Perspective coverage of the live show including fallout from Extreme Rules, Lesnar\u2019s first night as the new Universal Champion, and more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1343747138\"><div id=\"pwtor-4234961047\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE SMACKDOWN PRIMER JULY 16, 2019 WORCESTER, MA. 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